Kerry files in Ohio - FINALLY

[cyberpj]

this is from Keith Olbermann's daily email newsletter, just received!

The Kerry-Edwards campaign has filed legal documents in a one Ohio County --Delaware County -- to intervene as a party defendant. The motion filed on Tuesday and obtained by NBC News marks the first time the Kerry-Edwards campaign has joined the legal wrangling in Ohio in any formal fashion.

[Melodybe]

1. Yay, I'm not getting my hopes up, but YAY!

Glad to see them finally doing something.

[anamandujano]

5. my feelings exactly

"Yay, I'm not getting my hopes up, but YAY!" --as you said.

[cyberpj]

2. Only 1 county though... ?

Kerry Team Seeks to Join Fight to Get Ohio County to Recount
Wednesday, December 1, 2004; Page A08


Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign asked an Ohio judge yesterday to allow it to join a legal fight there over whether election officials in one county may sit out the state's impending recount.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23344-2004Nov30.html

[smartvoter]

12. I had same thought. They're doing the minimum.

[Eloriel]

17. This was posted about several times yesterday

You and others can keep track of things you may have missed here:

VOTE FRAUD LINKS - A DU Compendium - Thread #4
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=201&topic_id=6166&mesg_id=6166

VOTE FRAUD LINKS - A DU Compendium - Thread #3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=201x4927

VOTE FRAUD Links Compendium - Thread #2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=201x3223

VOTE FRAUD Links - a DU Compendium
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=201&topic_id=1984#

[cyberpj]

3. We welcome the support of the Kerry-Edwards campaign for the recount

Greens, Libertarians press on with recount plans
Chris Graham

Ohio judge's ruling preventing a recount of presidential votes in one Buckeye county has reportedly attracted the attention of the John Kerry campaign.

http://www.augustafreepress.com/stories/storyReader$29161

[SueZhope]

4. Thanks!

I thought he would be posting in his blog about that...nothing new there today yet.
Was that all that was in his daily newsletter?

[cyberpj]

7. Just this remark:

Just this remark:
Did Kerry feel pressure from disgruntled supporters to do this? Though he has said that "every vote will be counted" he has been virtually silent on Ohio's possible voting irregularities.

The rest are show details for tonight - nothing else about voting mentioned though.

[Dark Secret]

6. Kerry = Too Little, Too Late

We have already lost the recount momentum.

If he's that indecisive, maybe he would have been a mediocre leader.

I suspect the vast majority of the public already "accept" Putsch as Prez.

This won't amount to much, and I deeply regret that as much as any of you.

[New Earth]

8. lol please

it has just begun

[politicasista]

19. Thanks Faye

for helping me believe.:-)

[New Earth]

21. and thanks to doohickie

for making me believe :)

[seemslikeadream]

9. Well they will just have to get over it!

vast majority of the public, that is.

[seito]

13. Get Over It ;-)

:bounce:

[rodeodance]

10. kerry teams asks Fed court to take over (bypassing the state) WP

kerry lawyers must think there is an advantage to going to Fed. court>


.....Cobb's lawyers filed papers yesterday asking a federal court to take over the case, which is scheduled for state court.

"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23344-2004Nov30.html?sub=AR"

Kerry Team Seeks to Join Fight to Get Ohio County to Recount


Wednesday, December 1, 2004; Page A08


Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign asked an Ohio judge yesterday to allow it to join a legal fight there over whether election officials in one county may sit out the state's impending recount....

......Lawyers for the Kerry campaign asked to join Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb, Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik and the National Voting Rights Institute in the fight to force the county to participate in the recount. "If there's going to be a recount in Ohio, we don't want it to exclude Delaware County or any other county that might decide to follow Delaware County's lead," Kerry lawyer Dan Hoffheimer said. "It should be a full, fair and accurate recount."....


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[renate]

14. I'd agree with you, #6

if they'd delayed on purpose, 'cause you're right, the timing isn't great and it'll be a little tougher to get the wind back into the sails than if this had happened a week or two ago. But maybe his team just had to take this long to get all the ducks in a row.

[McCamy Taylor]

15. never was any momentum...

Recount cant even begin until after Dec 3 which is how long Katherine Blackwell is allowed by law to stall until certifying this election, and we know he/she will wait until the last possible second to do it. Imagine how much fun Rove and the Far Right GOP Spin Machine would have had calling Kerry-Edwards Sore Losermen for a month a half while waiting for the recount.

[AgadorSparticus]

24. who gives a shit about petty name calling when my vote doesn't count?

the integrity of democracy is at stake. they will do what they do. it shouldn't stop us from doing what we are doing---getting a fair election.

[Chelsea Patriot]

18. Smell The Fear!

You're tipping your hand with the upcoming Talking Points.

And, Entre Nous, You, Queens, need to drop that Royal "We". It gives you away everytime.

[Shalom]

22. Cowardly AWOL Cokehead Must Be Popping Prozacs Like Crazy

[McCamy Taylor]

11. makes you wonder what Delaware County is hiding...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23344-2004Nov30.html

I mean, why bother drawing attention to themselves, raising their hands and saying "please can we be excused from the recounts" unless it is going to turn out that the numbers dont add up or non registered voters voted or people didnt sign in. Maybe Kerry-Edwards are going to be selective about what they get involved with and join in on anything that smells like fraud as opposed to incompetence.

[EMunster]

16. I think the specificity marks someone of skill and experience choosing his

...battles carefully.

[proud patriot]

20. Randi Rhodes just mentioned this

:D

[pgh_dem]

23. pblblbt! talk about 'framing'

I dig Olbermann, but I'd sure like to slap any and every media person who uses the term 'legal wrangling'. Just like the endless repetition of 'we had the count, then the recount, then the recount of the recount, golly where will it all end?' that news folk couldn't get enough of...pblblblt!:puke: